Quorum sensing inhibitors: an overview

VC Kalia - Biotechnology advances, 2013 - Elsevier
Excessive and indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections has lead to the
emergence of multiple drug resistant strains. Most infectious diseases are caused by …

Virulence Factors of Aeromonas hydrophila: In the Wake of Reclassification

CR Rasmussen-Ivey, MJ Figueras, D McGarey… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The ubiquitous “jack-of-all-trades,” Aeromonas hydrophila, is a freshwater, Gram-negative
bacterial pathogen under revision in regard to its phylogenetic and functional affiliation with …

The Genus Aeromonas: Taxonomy, Pathogenicity, and Infection

JM Janda, SL Abbott - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2010 - journals.asm.org
Over the past decade, the genus Aeromonas has undergone a number of significant
changes of practical importance to clinical microbiologists and scientists alike. In parallel …

Quorum sensing in bacteria

MB Miller, BL Bassler - Annual Reviews in Microbiology, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Quorum sensing is the regulation of gene expression in response to fluctuations in
cell-population density. Quorum sensing bacteria produce and release chemical signal …

Quorum quenching enzymes and their effects on virulence, biofilm, and microbiomes: a review of recent advances

R Sikdar, M Elias - Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Numerous bacterial behaviors are regulated by a cell-density dependent
mechanism known as Quorum Sensing (QS). QS relies on communication between bacterial …

Quorum-sensing in Gram-negative bacteria

NA Whitehead, AML Barnard, H Slater… - FEMS microbiology …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
It has become increasingly and widely recognised that bacteria do not exist as solitary cells,
but are colonial organisms that exploit elaborate systems of intercellular communication to …

Bacterial quorum sensing in pathogenic relationships

TR De Kievit, BH Iglewski - Infection and immunity, 2000 - journals.asm.org
Bacteria were for a long time believed to exist as individual cells that sought primarily to find
nutrients and multiply. The discovery of intercellular communication among bacteria has led …

Cell-to-cell signaling and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

C Van Delden, BH Iglewski - Emerging infectious diseases, 1998 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium responsible for severe nosocomial infections, life-
threatening infections in immunocompromised persons, and chronic infections in cystic …

Pharmacological inhibition of quorum sensing for the treatment of chronic bacterial infections

M Hentzer, M Givskov - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2003 - jci.org
Traditional treatment of infectious diseases is based on compounds that aim to kill or inhibit
bacterial growth. A major concern with this approach is the frequently observed …

Aeromonas spp. whole genomes and virulence factors implicated in fish disease

R Beaz‐Hidalgo, MJ Figueras - Journal of fish diseases, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely recognized that A eromonas infections produce septicaemia, and ulcerative and
haemorrhagic diseases in fish, causing significant mortality in both wild and farmed …